Do biohybrids justify ethanol?
More ethanol in the states?
Yesterday, GM CEO Rick Wagoner called on the government to advance ethanol in the US because the “stakes” in the oil “poker game are getting higher and higher.” Coincidentally (yeah right), GM announced its new lithium hybrid powertrain via the Saab BioHybrid, a new lithium hybrid optimized for biofuel.
Now, if all the biofuel was coming from something like the Coskata Project in which GM is investing - rather than corn - I could buy Wagoner’s argument. However, earlier this week, the EIA already announced that cellulosic biofuels are significantly failing to meet the production standards set by the Renewable Fuel Standard. That’s means even more corn, a lot more corn. That’s just not acceptable.
Get the corn out, Mr. Wagoner. Get the corn out.
Original post by Dahcredyns